John Horam
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The Right Honourable The Lord Horam |
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| Member of Parliament for Orpington |
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In office 10 April 1992 – 12 April 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Ivor Stanbrook |
| Succeeded by | Jo Johnson |
| Member of Parliament for Gateshead West |
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In office 19 June 1970 – 13 May 1983 |
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| Preceded by | Harry Randall |
| Succeeded by | constituency abolished |
| Personal details | |
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7 March 1939 City of Preston, Lancashire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Other political affiliations |
Labour (until 1981) SDP (1981–1987) |
| Spouse(s) | Judith Jackson |
| Children | 2 sons |
| Alma mater | St Catharine's College, Cambridge |
John Rhodes Horam, Baron Horam (born 7 March 1939) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He sat in the House of Commons for two separate periods between 1970 and 2010, as a member of three different political parties, latterly as the Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Orpington until 2010. In 2012 he was appointed an Electoral Commissioner. On 4 September 2013, he was created a working life peer as Baron Horam of Grimsargh in the County of Lancashire.
Horam was born in Preston. He went to the independent Silcoates School in Wakefield, West Yorkshire. He was educated at St Catharine's College, Cambridge where he studied Economics, gaining an MA in 1960. From 1960-2, he was a market research officer for Rowntree's in York. He was a features writer for the Financial Times and The Economist, and a founder of CRU Group, a commodities analysis and consulting company. He was also the first Chairman of the Circle Thirty Three Housing Association,now part of the Circle Group.
Horam contested Folkestone and Hythe in 1966, but was beaten by the Conservative incumbent, Albert Costain.
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